Outlander-meets-The Princess Bride plus Camelot in a fresh, big-hearted, feminist, timeslip adventure reimagining the epic saga of King Arthur, as told from the perspective of his spunky and surprising queen, Vera – complete with time travel and good running shoes!
Vera always knew she didn’t fit in. When she learns that she is meant to be in another time, she leaps at the chance to embrace a new life in a world of valor, intrigue, and unexpected magic in this bold and romantic retelling of Arthurian legend . . .
22-year-old Vera is at a crossroads: waiting tables, grieving her previous relationship, and jogging aimlessly each morning as if toward an uncertain future. Then an odd man shows up at her workplace, insisting that she was once the legendary Queen Guinevere of Camelot, and that her lost memories hold the key to changing both the past and the present. Somehow, it all feels like the direction she’s been looking for. But when she asks the mysterious man to tell her more about Lancelot, Arthur, and a faithless queen, he can only say that much of what she’s heard about Camelot is wrong. The truth, he claims, is something she must see for herself.
After jumping through a portal in Glastonbury’s historic center, Vera is not prepared for what she finds. Magic is everywhere, but a curse on the kingdom means it dwindles every day. She has no idea how to perform a queen’s duties. Her fast friendship with Lancelot sets gossip flowing, and the stranger she must call “husband” often refuses to meet her eye. Arthur is a puzzle: cold, forbidding, and, while angry to her face, keeps leaving secret tokens of tenderness in her chambers. Worst of all, Vera’s memories—and the answers locked within them—show no signs of returning. If Vera is truly destined to save Camelot, she’ll have to trust her instincts. And her king will have to trust her . . .
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Legends are not finished stories, they wait for the right moment to awaken again.
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In this sweeping reimagining of Arthurian myth, a grieving woman in present-day Glastonbury discovers that her ordinary life is only a veil. When Merlin arrives with secrets she cannot ignore, she is drawn into the past, where the fading magic of Camelot calls her by another name: Guinevere.
The series moves between centuries, binding modern loss to ancient destiny, and explores how identity is shaped by memory, choice, and love that transcends time. Rich with historical texture and the shimmer of magical realism, it offers more than a retelling of familiar tales. It invites readers into a world where romance, betrayal, and courage carry new weight, and where a queen once bound by legend has the chance to write her own future.
Acclaimed for its immersive atmosphere and praised for bringing freshness to one of the oldest stories in Western myth, La Vie de Guinevere opens the door to a Camelot both recognizable and startlingly new. With sequels already on the horizon, this series continues to unfold the question at its heart: what does it mean to be remembered not just as legend, but as a woman who lived?
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